So here I lie,In a world I can no longerCall my own.The darkness waiting to chokeShould I take a breath.Stare at theUnforgiving wallsWrestling against imagesOf pain and destructionThat I have no meansTo control.This nightmare fairytaleOf depravity and anguish,Was not my fault,Yet has become mine to bear.Outside the empty windowsThe darkness of the cityIs complete,All encompassing,Final.Death lurksIn dripping, foetid shadowsAnd I myselfAm death;CondemnedTo walk this road alone.I shudder in corners,Turning over the bonesOf dead memoriesIn my mind,And dreaming of daylight.LeftTo be this thing that I mustFor eternity;An eternal sadnessIn the dark....